"Let's overcome our feeling of helplessness…". This is the
answer to the challenges humanity has to face in the 21st century
proposed by the Fondation Charles Léopold Mayer pour le
Progrès de l'Homme (FPH, Paris). It is also a compelling
invitation that has found its way to the hearts and minds of thousands
of people in all parts of the world. They joined their forces and hopes
in the Alliance for a Responsible, Plural and United World, generously
supported by the FPH since 1994. The dynamics of this Alliance is
nourished by a two-fold conviction : we can't let it happen that our
children grow up in a world where the dignity of the human being and
the respect for Mother Earth are not the basic guiding principles for
human behaviour. And : we have to assume responsibility, each and
everyone of us, according to our own potential, from the level of the
home to all levels of the workplace and public life.
Why ? Not simply because it is our duty to act responsibly. There is a
more profound answer to it : the passion of love for all that lives,
other human beings, flowers, animals, the beauty of nature, our love
for this immense creative force of Life itself. We cannot let it happen
that this love is replaced by feelings of powerlessness or even
despair. Let's dare to believe…. let's dare to act